On Sun, Jun 25, 2023, 1:44 PM Wayne S via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> The file list says they were created in the 1986 time frame. > So what Dec systems were running around then that required rsx11 ? > Chances are good if it is 86, then there'd be a pro port... these were reported extensively in the trade rags of the day, but sales weren't so it may be hard to say. Also, there were a few accounting packages that were also on cp/m and the PC so that might help... Though connecting press reports to these files might be hard... Warner Sent from my iPhone > > On Jun 25, 2023, at 12:39, Wayne S <wayne.su...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Pretty hard to tell from just the file names what app created them and > looking for (for example) .msl files sends you down different paths, like > visual studio ( probably not), ImageMagick Scripting Language File, > MAINSAIL Source Code, and ProWORX Nxt MSL are all apps that create .msl > > Any more info you can shed on what the industry is that the customer does? > Is it geographic mapping or some kind of science processing? > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jun 25, 2023, at 12:16, Tomasz Rola via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 24, 2023 at 04:39:01PM -0700, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > On 6/24/23 12:38, Wayne S wrote: > Chuck, why not post the catalog snd we’ll all take a look? > Power of the internet! > > Okay, I guess that's okay. Here's the data from the MFD: > > https://icedrive.net/s/Q56ZY2Sv4g62Gi9vZ9jzNQ2CD6Bu > > Since this is customer data, I can't publish the contents of the files > themselves. > > If you have those files accessible from some Unix-like OS, then you > can: > > strings < theXfile.x | less > > Sometimes also: > > hexdump -C < theXfile.x | less > > Or, to avoid the risk of fu-ups if you put "<" in bad direction: > > cat theXfile.x | strings | less > > It may reveal a bit about the insides of the file, for example in case > of sqlite database there would probably be a tables description. > > Also, comparing > > cat theXfile.x | strings | wc -c > cat theXfile.x | wc -c > > would givw some idea of how much of the file is text and how much of > it is something else. > > All those tricks assume that files are uncompressed, of course. > > HTH > > -- > Regards, > Tomasz Rola > > -- > ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** > ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on the programmer's home ** > ** directory. And then the C programmer became enlightened... ** > ** ** > ** Tomasz Rola mailto:tomasz_r...@bigfoot.com ** >
